Swamp Lilies blue and gold parrot One of three portrait images

One of three portrait images of a Capuchin monkey in a stylised painterly style

an owl cannot "roll" or move its eyes

These birds are dark brown

A painterly study of faded white tulips in black and white

Swamp Lilies blue and gold parrot One of three portrait imagesThis Botanical Optical image is created from a single photograph selected from hundreds of time lapse photographs of Swamp Lilies made over a period of 89 hours as they flowered. Swamp lilies, or Crinum powellii are also sometimes referred to as Spider lilies. They grow from big, amaryllis like bulbs. They have long strappy leaves and fragrant trumpet shaped pink flowers that grow in clusters. The plants bloom on and off from early through late